What 𘜄 means
It is glossed “to equate” in Tangut. A scholarly reconstruction writes its reading as *ŋwer¹; the asterisk marks a reconstructed form, and ŋ is the nasal at the end of English “sing.”
The Tangut (Xixia) script was created around 1036 under Western Xia to write the Tangut language. Its earliest transmitted document dates to 1072. It served government and Buddhist writing, and continued under Yuan and Ming after Western Xia fell in 1227. Its characters resemble Chinese Han writing but form a separate script.
Historical and specialist: its use points to Tangut language or scholarship.
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Who writes 𘜄
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘜄 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𘜄
- Also called
- L1357
- Search it as
- Xixia · equate · ŋwer
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘜄\18704Codes and encoding1 code points
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